ISpirit Airlines manje ayisami phakathi kwe-Orlando neSt. Thomas

UMbusi wase-Virgin Islands wase-US uKenneth E. Mapp no-Lieutenant Governor Obsert E. Potter, amalungu e-Virgin Islands Port Authority kanye noMnyango Wezokuvakasha bamukele indiza yokuqala ye-Airlines esuka e-Orlando eya eSt.

Indiza yomoya engu-284, enendiza ephelele yabagibeli abayi-145, ifike esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Cyril E. King International Airport ngaphambi nje kwehora lesithathu ntambama ukuya endlebeni yendabuko yenkonyane yamanzi. I-Airbus 3 yamukelwe ngokwamukelwa yiCarnival-themed, amasampuli e-Cruzan rum yabagibeli kanye nokwamukela izihambi zaseVirgin Islands okufudumele. Ababhulogi bezokuvakasha abane nabathonya bezokuxhumana bafika endizeni futhi bazohlala izinsuku ezimbalwa esiqhingini bezwana nokuheha eSt. Thomas, kanye nokuthatha uhambo losuku oluya eSt.

ISpirit Airlines izosebenza ngezindiza ezintathu ngesonto phakathi kwe-Orlando neSt. Thomas, ngoLwesibili, ngoLwesine nangeSonto. Le nkonzo yengeza ezindizeni zamanje zamanje eziphakathi kweFort Lauderdale neSt. Thomas.

Babonga inkampani yezindiza ngokuqinisa “imigwaqo emikhulu yasemoyeni” eya eVirgin Islands, uMbusi Mapp, uLieutenant Governor Potter kanye noMsizi Khomishani Wezokuvakasha uJoyce Dore-Griffin bagqamise ukubaluleka kwemakethe yaseCentral Florida lapho iya khona, kokubili ezokuvakasha zendabuko nezokungcebeleka kanye neVFR (Ukuvakasha Abangane nezihlobo) abahambi.

UKay Milliner-Kitchens (kwesokudla), uMqondisi Wezokuthengisa eMnyangweni Wezokuvakasha e-USVI, ujoyine lo mkhosi obuse-Orlando namhlanje ekuseni.

UMbusi wamukele ithimba likaMoya kanye nabagibeli balo eSt Thomas waphinde wabonga uMnyango Wezokuvakasha ngemizamo yawo eqhubekayo yokufukula ukuthuthukiswa komnotho walezi ziqhingi ngokuheha indiza eyandisiwe eya eTerritory. "Ukusebenzisana kwethu ne-Spirit Airlines kuyaqhubeka nokukhula futhi kwandiswe ukuze kusizakale abantu baseVirgin Islands kanye nokuhlomula kwabasebenzi be-Spirit Airlines nabaninimasheya, futhi sibheke ukuqinisa ubudlelwano bethu ngokuzayo," esho.

Ngokulandelayo, uStephen Schuler, onguMqondisi Wezokuxhumana eSpirit, uchaze injabulo yenkampani yezindiza ngokusebenzisana nethimba lezokuvakasha laseVirgin Islands. "Njengebhanoyi sithanda ukusebenzisana namaqembu amahle impela futhi lokhu kuhamba phambili embonini, kuhamba phambili emhlabeni," kusho uSchuler, enezela ngokuthi inkampani yezindiza isendimeni yokuxhuma umndeni nabangane nokunikeza izinketho eziphansi kakhulu zezindleko abantu bokuhamba.

Ngaphambi kokusuka e-Orlando, abagibeli babemukelwe ngabamele ezokuvakasha, umculo wensimbi, abadansi be-carnival kanye nekhekhe lokugubha ukukhumbula ukuvulwa kwalesi sango elibalulekile eSt Thomas.

U-Spirit uphinde asebenzele isiqhingi sase-St Croix ngezindiza ezintathu zamasonto onke ezisuka e-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport ziye e-Henry E. Rohlsen Airport.